NCSBN ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND

NCSBN ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND

CORRECT ANSWERS PROFESSOR VERIFIED.

✅red rash becomes ring-shaped with a red-colored, raised border and clearer center.

Answer: Tinea corporis

Tinea corporis is a contagious, superficial fungal infection that lives on, not in, the skin. It is also known as ringworm

✅tiny, silvery or grayish white nits can be seen at the base of the hair shaft. Answer: Pediculosis capitus

Pediculosis capitus is caused by parasitic insects that lay eggs (called nits) on people's heads; also known as head lice.

✅The treatment for frostbite includes massaging the affected skin.

True

False. Answer: False

Tissue damage can occur if the skin with frostbite is massaged. The affected site should be rewarmed gently and gradually with warm water or wet heat.

✅The first sign of mild hypothermia is shivering.

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False. Answer: True

Cold-induced shivering is stimulated when body temperatures drop below the set point (which is governed by the hypothalamus). Shivering is activated to raise the body temperature.

✅Findings of a partial thickness burn include moist, red skin that's painful to the touch.

True

False. Answer: True

For a superficial partial thickness burn, the skin is red, moist and has blisters; the skin is very painful to the touch. There may be no blisters with a deep partial thickness burn.

✅The skin of a client with heat stroke is pale and moist.

True

False. Answer: False

Findings of heat stroke include reddened skin and lack of perspiration. Body temperature may be greater than 106 F (41 C). This is a true medical emergency.

✅One way to treat heat exhaustion is to get the client into a cool place.

True 2 / 4

False. Answer: True

Moving the client to a cool place allows for lowering of the client's body temperature. If possible, also have the client lie down and rest and offer cool water or fruit juice. It is also helpful for the client to loosen or remove any unnecessary clothing.

✅The nurse is caring for a client with urinary incontinence. The client asks the nurse about the use of biofeedback to treat this condition. What is the most appropriate response by the nurse?

• "Surgery is generally needed in order to produce any real improvement."

• "Medications are the approved method of treating this type of problem."

• "This type of treatment has been used successfully to manage urinary incontinence."

• "Biofeedback has not been shown to be very helpful for urinary incontinence problems.".

Answer: c. "This type of treatment has been used successfully to manage urinary incontinence."

Biofeedback is a widely used and effective method to manage urinary incontinence, with rehabilitation of the pelvic floor muscles the treatment goal. The other statements are potential treatment options but are untrue statements. Depending on the cause of the incontinence, medications such as estrogens, alpha-adrenergic drugs, and the antimuscarinic drug tolterodine (Detrol) may be prescribed and/or surgery may be indicated.

✅The nurse is working in a community health clinic answering telephone calls. Which client would the nurse recommend to be seen immediately by a health care provider?

• "I am an diabetic and today I have been going to the bathroom every hour." 3 / 4

• "I went to the bathroom and my urine looked very red but it didn't hurt when I went."

• "I started my period and now my urine has turned bright red."

• "I was started on some medicine yesterday for a urine infection and now my lower belly

hurts when I go to the bathroom.". Answer: b. "I went to the bathroom and my urine looked very red but it didn't hurt when I went."

The client with painless gross hematuria needs to be seen right away because this finding is closely associated with bladder cancer or kidney problems. The other complaints can be handled over the phone.

✅Use the cursor to indicate the correct hand placement used to relieve an obstructed airway on a conscious person who is obese.. Answer: The Heimlich is usually performed on a conscious person who is in an upright position. In the event that the rescuer cannot encircle the victim's belly to reach the space between the navel and the xiphoid notch, the hands should be placed around the chest so that the fists lie at the mid-nipple line, and a chest thrust should be used to relieve the obstruction. The chest area has a smaller circumference than the abdomen in many people who are obese so it is often more accessible on a larger person; the same technique would be used on a pregnant female to avoid harm to the fetus.Should the person become unconscious, the rescuer would begin chest compressions.

✅The nurse works in an ambulatory care clinic where there are four children with gastrointestinal findings waiting to be seen by the health care provider. Which child is at greatest risk for developing metabolic acidosis?

• The child with alternating constipation and diarrhea

• The child with nausea and anorexia

• The child who has been vomiting for more than 48 hours
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